Victorian Consolidated Regulations

DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 81

An authorised midwife must not authorise the administration of a Schedule 4 poison or Schedule 8 poison unless—

        (a)     the administration is for the midwifery treatment of a person other than the midwife; and

        (b)     that person is under the midwife's care; and

        (c)     the midwife has taken all reasonable steps to ensure a therapeutic need exists for that poison; and

        (d)     the administration is authorised not merely for the purpose of supporting the drug dependence of a person; and

        (e)     if the poison is a drug of dependence or a Schedule 8 poison, the midwife has taken all reasonable steps to ascertain the identity of the person to whom the poison is to be administered.

Penalty:     100 penalty units.